Ideal Goverment – project
WRITTEN ON Tuesday, December 14th, 2004 BY Richard S AND STORED IN Ideal Goverment - project
According to a Government press release, all will be well in time for the 2005 deadline. Also, apparently the take-up of UK e-Government services so far has been good.
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WRITTEN ON Thursday, December 9th, 2004 BY Richard S AND STORED IN Ideal Goverment - project
We used to say that “hard cases make bad laws.” Now, they seem also to mean yet another government database. Today there have been calls for (at least) two more of these magical and mythical things. Do the people who demand new databases actually know (or care about) what is involved in establishing, maintaining and […]
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WRITTEN ON Monday, December 6th, 2004 BY Richard S AND STORED IN Ideal Goverment - project
While writing a Christmas “thank you” letter to folk in the Employers Compliance section of the Inland Revenue, I was interrupted by a very 1970s transaction: A data entry clerk phoned to check some information on a handwritten form. This raised several topical questions…
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WRITTEN ON Tuesday, November 30th, 2004 BY Richard S AND STORED IN Ideal Goverment - project
Last week, I had a pre-arranged clinic appointment at a “Foundation” hospital. The clinic was busy and the room so small that there were not even enough chairs for the waiting patients. Although there were no interruptions for special emergencies, I did not see the weary but kindly doctor until about 4 hours after my […]
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WRITTEN ON Thursday, November 25th, 2004 BY Not waving but drowning AND STORED IN Ideal Goverment - project
neo Neo is a very pleasant site aimed at ethical businesses. Links to Ngos and quangos… mainly in the arts. Elegant (imo). And… a brief quote for anthropology fans: (from “getethical”, “ethical matters” content): “Congratulations, if you are reading this article then you are probably a Cultural Creative (CC). Welcome to the club and it […]
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WRITTEN ON Monday, November 22nd, 2004 BY Not waving but drowning AND STORED IN Ideal Goverment - project
Just in case… http://www.opensource.org/ Open source Software and Documents: A Literature and Online Resource Review http://www.omar.org/opensource/litreview/ Our kind and patient developers: what kind of software could Nottingham council be using (as referenced below)?
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WRITTEN ON Saturday, November 20th, 2004 BY Not waving but drowning AND STORED IN Ideal Goverment - project
Anything like this: “Please make sure that you are not being watched while you are filling in this form to keep the information you give as confidential as possible.If you print out a copy of the completed form, you should also keep this safe.” -would be a Paranoia-inducing e-government form and should be avoided unless […]
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WRITTEN ON Friday, November 12th, 2004 BY William Heath AND STORED IN Ideal Goverment - project
Thanks for questions about just how and what the “Voyage to the Interior” entails. Uncle Buck (whose idea it originally was) is preparing a pretty detailed statement of what he sees it entailing. (He’s having some tech problems – I read it last night but cant post it up because I dont have his password). […]
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WRITTEN ON Tuesday, November 9th, 2004 BY William Heath AND STORED IN Ideal Goverment - project
After succesful completion of month one let’s try to focus Ideal government as an antidote to personal frustration with public services. “How so?” you ask. Well, if ever an administrative government process starts to frustrate you, take a deep breath and do one or both of the following: 1. Observe and record exactly what happens, […]
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WRITTEN ON Sunday, November 7th, 2004 BY William Heath AND STORED IN Ideal Goverment - project
I think we should focus for a bit on – what actually happens when we (or our nearest/dearest) encounter administrative government processes – what we think it should be like So Ive drafted a new “about” text on the home page – see on the left. Do you have any specific current or recent frustrations […]
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